Belarus's Investigative Committee said on November 3 it had launched a probe against unspecified Latvian officials on charges of "crimes against human safety" over the deaths of 12 migrants along the Belarusian-Latvian border. The deaths were reported after thousands of migrants appeared on the Belarusian side of the border with Latvia, Lithuania, and Poland in 2021, trying to enter the three EU member states. The EU has accused authoritarian leader Alyaksandr Lukashenka of orchestrating the "weaponization" of migrants in response to Brussels' sanctions on Minsk over a brutal crackdown on dissent since 2020. To read the original story by Current Time, click here.
Belarus Investigates Latvian Officials Over Death Of Migrants Along Border
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